Paleozoic

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    from 544 million to about 230 million years ago

Word Origin

Paleozoic (adj.)
in reference to the geological era between the Precambrian and the Mesozoic, 1838, coined by Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873) from paleo- + Greek zoe "life."

Example

1. Fossils found on rhodes date back to the late paleozoic era before the dinosaurs evolved .
2. New insights into paleozoic charophyte morphology and phylogeny .
3. Scientists call it paleozoic , reminiscent of between 250 and 540 million years ago .
4. New found insect fossil of late paleozoic f rom shanxi province .
5. The stratigraphic column in this district includes all the paleozoic formations .

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